A DECISION on controversial plans to build a Sainsbury’s supermarket in Chipping Norton has been postponed.

The retailer asked West Oxfordshire District Council, which will decide whether to approve the plans, for more time to respond to recently-received feedback.

Sainsbury’s wants to build a 30,000 sq ft store on part of the site of the former Parker Knoll furniture factory, in London Road. It will create 150 jobs.

But community groups and retailers say the plans could devastate town centre shops. Sainsbury’s already has a smaller shop in the Market Place.

The decision by councillors on the district’s uplands area planning sub-committee has been put back from February 6 to March 5.